Albert Volpe

Albert Volpe (1923-1979) was the boss of the Chicago Outfit during the 1970s, succeeding John Villone. He was gunned down during the "Atlantic City massacre" of 1979.

Biography
Albert Volpe was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1923 to a family of Italian immigrants, and he became a member of the Chicago Outfit during the 1940s. Volpe was a business-minded mafioso, and he succeeded John Villone as the Outfit's boss during the 1970s. He invested in Michael Corleone's Las Vegas casinos and made millinos from them, receiving a large sum of interest money at a meeting of The Commission in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1979. However, the meeting was interrupted by a helicopter attack by Joey Zasa's assassins, and Volpe attempted to retrieve his "lucky coat" before fleeing. However, his coat stuck, and he was mowed down in a hail of bullets.